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Unesco resolution of 1954

General
Conference of Unesco. Eight session. Montevideo (Uruguay), 1954.
Resolution adopted on December 10th, 1954, in the eighteenth plenary-meeting.

IV.1.4.422 -The
General Conference,
Having discussed the report of the Director-General on the international
petition in favour of Esperanto (8C/PRG/3),

IV.1.4.4221 -Takes
note of the results attained by Esperanto in the field of international
intellectual relations and the rapprochement of the peoples of the world ;

IV.1.4.4222 -Recognizes
that these results correspond with the aims ans ideals of Unesco ;

IV.1.4.4223 -Takes
note that several Member States have announced their readiness to
introduce or expand the teaching of Esperanto in their schoolsand higher
educational establishments, and requests these Member States to keep the
Director-General informed of the results attained in this field ;

IV.1.4.4224 -Authorizes
the Director-General to follow current developments in the use of Esperanto
in education, science and culture, and, to this end, to co-operate with
the Universal Esperanto Association in matters concerning both organizations.

Unesco resolution of 1985

General
Conference of Unesco. Twenty-third session. Sofia (Bulgaria), 1985.
Resolution adopted on November 8th, 1985, in the thirty-sixth plenary-meeting.

11.11 - Celebration of the centenary of Esperanto.

The
General Conference,

Considering
that the General Conference at its 1954 session in Montevideo, by its
resolution IV.1.4.422-4224, took note of of the results attained by the
international language Esperanto in the field of international intellectual
exchange and mutual understanding among the peoples of the world, and
recognized that those results corresponded with the aims and ideals of
Unesco,

Recalling
that Esperanto has in the meantime made considerable progress as a means
for the advancement of mutual understanding among peoples and cultures
of different countries, penetrating most regions of the world and most
human activities,

Recognizing
the great potential of Esperanto for international understanding and communication
among peoples of different nationalities,

Noting
the considerable contribution of the Esperanto movement, and especially
of the Universal Esperanto Association, to the spreading of information
about the activities of Unesco, as well as its participation in those
activities,

Aware
of the fact that in 1987 Esperanto celebrates its centenary of existence,

1.Congratulates
the Esperanto movement on its centenary ;

2.Requests
the Director-General to continue following with attention the development
of Esperanto as a means for better understanding among different nations
and cultures ;

3.Invites
the Member States to mark the centenary of Esperanto by suitable arrangements,
declarations, issuing of special postal stamps, etc., and to promote the
introduction of a study programme on the language problem and Esperanto
in their schools and higher educatinal institutions ;

4.Recommends
that international non-governmental organizations join in celebrating
the centenary of Esperanto and consider the possibility of the use of
Esperanto as a means for the spreading of all kinds of information among
their members, including information on the work of Unesco.